Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wugate!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: lars@salt.acc.com (Lars J Poulsen) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: How Do I Obtain a Phone Calling Card? Message-ID: Date: 28 Jul 89 17:26:19 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Organization: Advanced Computer Communications, Santa Barbara, California Lines: 43 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 263, message 4 of 8 In article > msmith@topaz.rutgers.edu writes: >>I know for a fact that MCI does NOT require that they be your home >>default carrier. In article Andrew Boardman, ab4@nowhere.UUCP writes: >I talked to an MCI rep yesterday about my (soon to be former) MCI calling >card; I was told that because of a recent policy decision, they would let >anyone hold a card for a maximum of a month without associated "dial 1" >service (MCI marketing-talk for being the default carrier) on my line. The original question was about which long-distance carriers would issue a card to somebody WHO DID NOT HAVE A HOME PHONE NUMBER at all. This still has not been addressed. My home service is two lines. One has 1+ via ATT. The other has 1+ dialing disabled. (Took quite a bit of talking to convince the GTE salesperson that this was even possible !). I have an account with MCI which I use for 10222-1+ dialing from home and for card calling from work. When I recently added the American Airlines bonus mileage option to my MCI account, they sent me a new pair of cards, which I promptly (cut up and) threw out, because I like the MCI logo better than the airline logo, and I would not want to confuse the MCI card with the AAdvantage card. And the numbers were all the same. When I signed up with MCI they asked my permission to become my default carrier, but I said no. They have never brought the issue up again. I am considering taking them on as my default carrier to become eligible for a discount plan, but I'll be d**ned if I'll be railroaded. If they try to force me, I'll probably cancel my account. I don't think they will try to force me. On the other hand, I'm perfectly willing to believe that a customer service representative may have been misinformed. In the year that I have used MCI, I have never had a billing error; on the other hand, I have had several false billings on the ATT page of my GTE bill. / Lars Poulsen (800) 222-7308 or (805) 963-9431 ext 358 ACC Customer Service Affiliation stated for identification only My employer probably would not agree if he knew what I said !!